Detection of partial endotracheal tube obstruction by forced pressure oscillations

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-233

  Schumann, Stefan ^a   Lichtwarck Aschoff, Michael ^b   Haberthür, Christoph ^c   Stahl, Claudius A ^a   Möller, Knut ^d   Guttmann, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d FURTWANGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial ventilation; Electrical analogue; Endotracheal tube obstruction; Non invasive method; Physical trachea lung model; Respiratory system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED PRESSURE OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LUNG; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TRACHEA;

EID: 33846650924     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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